Another online executive leaves Microsoft

As another difficult year for Microsoft's online business approaches its close, the company is losing yet another executive on that team -- Brad Goldberg, general manager of Live Search.Microsoft confirmed through its public relations firm Wednesday that Goldberg is leaving the company to pursue other interests, and that the company wished him well.Goldberg follows another executive from Microsoft's online business out the door in the wake of the announcement of former Yahoo executive Qi Lu as the new leader of the beleaguered Online Services Group (OSG), which is the division generating the least revenue at Microsoft.The TechFlash blog first reported Goldberg's move late Tuesday, saying he was leaving to become chief executive of the online business for venture capital firm Peak6. Peak6 did not immediately return a request Wednesday to confirm that Goldberg is joining the firm.